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B. G. H. STEIN & 0;. FOSTER. NON-FILLABLE BOTTLE.

No. 542,691. Patented July 16, 1895.

ATTORNEY UNTTEE STATES PATENT OEErcE.

EMlL GUSTAV HERMANN STEIN AND CHARLES FOSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-FILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,691, dated 1113 16, 1895. Application filed February 20, 1895. Serial No. 539,057. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EMIL GUSTAV HER- MANN STEIN and CHARLES FOSTER, citizens of the United States, and residents of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non- Fillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification,.reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Our invention relates to bottles; and the object thereof is to produce a bottle which, having been once filled and emptied of its contents, cannot be again refilled except under conditions notpractical in the ordinary use of the bottle, whereby We prevent certain frauds frequently practiced by parties so inclined upon "the owners of certain liquors, cordials, medicines, and similar articles which are usually bottled by the proprietors or manufacturers, and having been once emptied of their contents are refilled with articles of the same general class as those originally contained therein,but of a cheaper manufacture or worthless make. These objects we accomplish by means of the construction described in the followint. specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, and in which- Figure 1 represents a bottle provided with our improvement, the neck and upper portion being in section; Fig. 2, a transverse section on the line 00 0c of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a form of stopper which we employ.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 2 designates the body of the bottle, and 3 the neck thereof, which is provided interiorly with a wide annular chamber or groove 4, designed to receive a tubular section of cork 5, which is preferably formed of two semicircular sections, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper outer surface of the neck 2 is also provided with vertical grooves or corrugations 6, (shown in Figs. 1 and 2,) which extend downwardly to a considerable distance on the neck 2, as shown in Fig. 1, and on the inner upper surface of the nozzle ofthe neck are formed short grooves or corrugations 7. (Shown also in Fig. 1.)

Within the neck 2 is placed a tubular section 8, which is surrounded and held in place by the cork 5, and is formed of any desired and consists of an annular disk or plate 12,

provided at opposite sides with downwardlydepending prongs or spears 13, having teeth or serrations on the edges thereof, as clearly shown in said figure.

In constructing the various elements of our invention we do not limit ourselves to any particular material, and any kind or' class of material found suitable may be employed.

The operation is as follows: The bottle having been filled, the tubular section 8 provided with the valve-seat 9 is placed within the separate sections of the surrounding casing 5, and the whole is forced into the nozzle of the bottle until it reaches the position shown in Fig.1, beyond which it cannot be forced under any ordinary pressure, and where it will be securely held in the position shown in Fig. 1. The valve 11 is then inserted. and also assumes the position shown in said figure, after which the stopper 12, with its depending prongs 13, is forced down into the position shown, in which it is securely held by the operation of the teeth or serrations on said prongs, in connection with the cork or casing of the tubular section 8.

It, now, it-should 'be desired to empty the bottle of its contents it is only necessary to invert the same or hold it in the usual position, when the valve 11 will drop forward under the action of gravity and by the pressure ot' the fluid, when the latter will flow out through the grooves or corrugations 7 around the stopper-plate 12, and this process will. continue untilthe contents of the bottle are exhausted.

It will be seen that in any attempt to refill the bottle by simply pouring the fluids into it the valve 11 will immediately be reseated and said operation of refilling prevented, and this operation of the valve would be the same in any position in which the bottle could be held in the process of refilling as usually practiced.

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It might be possible, however, under ordinary circumstances,- to apply a tube to the nozzle of the bottle, and by inverting it or holding it v in any suitable position, force fluids to enter,

as the bottle in this case might be held in a position in which the valve 11 would not be seated. To avoid this is the object of the vertical or longitudinal corrugations 6 formed on the neck and nozzle of the bottle. It will readily be seen that if a tube or pipe should be applied to the neck of the bottle as thus constructed, and an. attempt made toforce liquids into it, the said liquids would flow out through said corrugations, and that, therefore, this attempt would also result in failure. If, however, the valve 11 should become reseated, even under ordinary circumstances as those last described, it would be impossible to force liquid into the bottle, even with the corrugations 6 thereon absent.

As the device cannot be withdrawn or forced into the bottle, the said bottle is consequently, after emptying, useless, and is thrown away.

It will thus be seen that we accomplish the objects of our invention by means of devices 'simple'in construction and operation, which will not add materially to the cost of the bottle, and which effectually accomplish the pur pose for which they are intended.

Having fully described our invention, the construction and operation thereof, what we claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. Abottle, having a series of radial corrugations in its mouth, a tubular section securely fitted in the neck thereof and having a valve seat in its upper portion,a valve arranged above said tubular section and adapted to rest in the seat therein, and a stopper secured inthe neck of the bottle and comprising a disk and above the inner ends of the corrugations in said mouth, substantially as described.

2. A bottle, having a tubular section fitted in the neck thereof, a ball valve seated in the upper portion of said tubular section,a stopper comprising the downwardly extending serratedpr'oug's or spears adapted to take into the tubular section and a disk or plate secured to said prongs or spears and arranged to fit in the mouth of the bottle, and a series of radial corrugations in the mouth of the bottle opening into the neck thereof below said disk or plate, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

3. The combination with a bottle having a series of vertical corrugations on the outer surface of the neck thereof, of a cork casing composed of two sections securely fitted within the neck of the bottle, a tubular section arranged within said casing and having a valve seat in its upper portion, a ball valve, a cap comprising two toothed or serrated prongs adapted to be forced between the casing and tubular section and adisk or plate secured to the prongs and arranged in the mouth of the bottle and a series of radial corrugations in the mouth of the bottle opening into the same partially below said disk or plate whereby the contents of the bottle may be withdrawn without removing the cap, substantially as de- Witnesses:

PERCY T. GRIFFITH, A. M. CUsAoK. 

